A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It’s the most abstract of all art expression.
AGNES MARTINYou must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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There’s nobody living who couldn’t stand all afternoon in front of a waterfall …. Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.
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Once he sees this fact his feet are on the path. If you want to know the truth you will know it.
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I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
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It’s through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
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Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
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There’s not any hint of nature. And still everybody responds, I think.
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The worst thing you can think about when you’re working is yourself.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.
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I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
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Doing what you were born to do … That’s the way to be happy.
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Fulfill your potential. That’s the way to happiness.
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Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork.
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